Yom Kippur Liturgy: Symphonic Version

Max Bruch was a German composer. Born in Cologne to Protestant parents, Bruch was taught piano by his mother and began composing when still young. He worked as a music director and composer of German Romantic classical music. He was known for his choral works and his violin concertos. He used folk music as inspiration and in 1881 composed a setting of Kol Nidre for cello and orchestra. He taught composition at the Berlin Akademie, retiring in 1910. He died in Berlin. 

David Aaron Carpenter is an American violist. He was born in Great Neck, NY, the youngest of three musical siblings. His mother, Grace, was of Iraqi Jewish descent and raised her three children with a strong emphasis on musical training. David learned the violin at the age of six and the viola at eleven and, at sixteen, chose to focus on the viola. Performing widely, including at the local synagogue, and attending the Juilliard School and the Manhattan School of Music, as well as music schools in Italy and Switzerland, Carpenter also earned a BA from Princeton University, graduating in 2008. He then performed and collaborated with well-known musicians, won numerous awards, and recorded several albums. He and his siblings cofounded Carpenter Fine Violins, a company that deals in rare and expensive violins. They also started the Salomé Chamber Orchestra, which played classical music, often for charities, without a conductor.